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ice box conversion MORNING LIGHT at 5:17pm 12.17.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/6100 Hi, I was wondering if i could turn my ice box into a real fridge. I saw that you can buy a conversi
Odd size tubing (4) marchem at 2:38pm 12.17.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 13/28395 New (to us) 1982 Catalina 27. Waste tank appears to be original Ronco B117. Tank outlet is 1-1/2" me
Squall in Beaulieu Roger Long at 1:48pm 12.17.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2450 I made a rather short 13 mile run around to this creek just off the Vernon River to await scattered
Rig Failure 1991 Hunter Passage 42 Tropicalmark at 1:35pm 12.17.12 Big Boats 8/4227 I was looking to see if anyone has had a rig failure on this type of boat as I experienced one on mi
Throttle Replacement Jon4399 at 1:16pm 12.17.12 Big Boats 6/1759 I've been trying to replace the throttle and shift cables on my 37.5 Legend. It has an Edson pedest
Seeking running rigging recommendations Brian S at 12:41pm 12.17.12 Day Sailers 10/3075 Guys, let me first start off by saying I've got a pretty bad case of top-of-the-line-itis. You know,
offshore sailing rigalio at 12:30pm 12.17.12 Ask An Oday Owner 13/2391 I have an o'day 30 and I want to sail it from halifax to bermuda an then to the carabeian I would be
Looking for fiberglass repair service in NJ or NY Brian5067 at 11:53am 12.17.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/817 My Hunter 460 was badly damage in the Storm. I am looking for good fiberglass repair service who kn
Manual Bilge Pump in H33.5? Ken Palmer at 11:41am 12.17.12 Mid-Size Boats 6/2592 I was asked recently if my 1990 Hunter 33.5 had a manual bilge pump in the cockpit. Of course it has
Rearrange Instrument locations on Pedestal (1) Ron M at 10:06am 12.17.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/3217 I have a B331. Just bought a Raymarine e7 chartplotter. My initial idea was to repair the existing
Starboard fixed Lexan leaking Old Sailor 2 at 9:59am 12.17.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2121 Good day folks. another technical question for you DIY'ers. I have a Hunter 42 Passage with those
ODay 302 billyt14607 at 9:21am 12.17.12 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1683 Seriously considering the purchase of an 1987 ODay 302. Have been a sailboater for some time and wo
Legend 375 Holding Tank replacement Phil P at 7:01am 12.17.12 Big Boats 24/5284 Winter projects on my '91 are well underway. Completed replacing engine mounts, impeller, the rotted
Paint Removal nelsonragnar at 5:02am 12.17.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/986 I have a 1074 22' O Day that I recently acquired.It has two coats of old paint on it that I want to
The Accidental Tourist Roger Long at 4:19am 12.17.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/3322 I had no intention of visiting Hilton Head, it being very much the antithesis of the kind of places
33' Pearson to Cruise Gulf of mexico (1) sailwithme at 3:09am 12.17.12 Destinations 5/5529 Float plan: Seas are 3-4 ft off shore with North wind 10-15. Plan to sail around the clock for a we
Make That 14 C-22's! CaptDon01 at 11:01pm 12.16.12 Catalina 22 9/1504 WOW! A couple more have joined our growing numbers, we've got 14 C-22's now signed up to attend the
in boom furling eianm at 8:03pm 12.16.12 Big Boats 7/2166 I have a 1991 H42 and would love an easier way to furl or stow the main and it seems that in boom fu
Removing furling mainsail Viktor Eysselein at 6:42pm 12.16.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/10044 Please give advise: We have a Hunter 45CC (2008). How can you remove the furling mainsail (Seldo
Beware "On and Off" cleaner! jfrench at 5:56pm 12.16.12 Catalina 22 6/1701 There is an interesting series of posts on the Cat 30 forum saying that "MaryKate On and Off" cleane

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Furlex 100s Bearing Tube Problem (3) KursadT at 4:29am 04.10.23
Alternator temperatures danooxnard at 4:25am 04.10.23 The FLIR and infrared heat guns only see the surface temperature. They do not seen inside things or
Install wash down pump? Slipin Away at 1:35am 04.10.23 See my solution to simple wash down Located under hunter 45cc modifications
Alternator temperatures Hayden Watson at 10:58pm 04.09.23 TICs (thermal imaging cameras) are notorious for being way off on the temps represented by the cros
Alternator temperatures MikeHoncho at 9:00pm 04.09.23 TICs (thermal imaging cameras) are notorious for being way off on the temps represented by the cross
Escape Rumba - Mast Replacement (4) rgranger at 8:33pm 04.09.23 Here pics of the one I had tos 214493 214494 214495 If they were about 50% bigger I might still hav
Escape Rumba - Mast Replacement rgranger at 8:28pm 04.09.23
Frozen Galley seacock JRT at 8:17pm 04.09.23 I used this product and it worked great in water. https://www.catalinadirect.com/shop-by-boat/other
Ice Box Lid Hold Open JRT at 7:58pm 04.09.23 I purchased these on Catalina direct and installed them on the fridge and dry storage lid. They wor
Centerboard/Swing Keel Removal - Hunter 240 TreeRog at 7:48pm 04.09.23
Centerboard/Swing Keel Removal - Hunter 240 TreeRog at 7:40pm 04.09.23 It went super smooth and easy. 3 men job to play it safe. The whole centerboard will be replace in
Schenker Zen 30 watermakee SycloneDriver at 7:03pm 04.09.23 I suggest that you figure why the operating pressure is low. The pressure is critical to push the w
Sanitary Pipe Routing - Tartan 4100 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:40pm 04.09.23 No it is not the way things generally are but from your drawing it looks fixable and I'll be glad to
Replacement Seals for Instrument Thru-Deck Fittings? BigEasy at 6:26pm 04.09.23 I have not seen replacement rubber grommets for Shakespeare #4189 cable outlet fittings. You can re
Posting Guidelines Tally Ho at 6:23pm 04.09.23 +1 I toyed with the idea of doing a YouTube Channel, but when I exchanged emails with a gentleman f
Posting Guidelines stickinthemud57 at 6:01pm 04.09.23 YouTube has some requirements before you see any money. You have to have a certain number of subscr
Frozen Galley seacock SJN at 5:52pm 04.09.23 Hello! Check out this link: Marelon seacock frozen - Cruisers & Sailing Forums On my boat, hull 26
Install wash down pump? Georgedoyle at 5:45pm 04.09.23 We ran a T into our freshwater system to a hose bib in the anchor locker with an on/off lever. It's
I'm a newbie fresh and green! (4) Clay Smith at 5:18pm 04.09.23 214488 214489 214490 214491 Well I know she's a long way from the pearson 36-2's I was looking at b
Corrosion on boomkicker dLj at 4:54pm 04.09.23 It does not look like poultice corrosion to me, unless it's inside out corrosion. See the definition

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